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<DIV><FONT size=1>Look at the Family to Family Initiative at the Annie E. Casey
site, at </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1><A
href="http://www.aecf.org/familytofamily/";>http://www.aecf.org/familytofamily/</A> in
the tools section. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>To treat Native Americans differently from best practice for
other ethnic groups is unconscionable. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>I used to do the domestic violence program for our local
District Attorney, and we would NEVER consider removing a child from a mother
involved in domestic violence who separated from the perpetrator and could
protect her children. We worked to strengthen and protect her, and help
the children in the process. Many ethnic groups respond well to the focus
on enlisting the mother in protecting her children from repeating the cycle,
when other reasons to protect herself are not culturally acceptable (women's
rights, etc.)..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>We were the first LEA grant in the country to do this type of
program , with published success rates (starting in 1978). The only thing
that works is to get the perpetrator under the control of the courts, remove the
decision to prosecute from the victims, and lodge it with the prosecuting
agency, where it belongs. The victim is only a witness, in this
paradigm. I will try to dig up the research here at UCSB on this
issue. Removing the children from the nonabusing spouse compounds the harm
to the children. Our district attorney designed the National College of
District Attorneys curriculum on how to use victim services to accomplish the
goal of prosecution AND helping the victims at the same time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>Freya Schultz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Santa Barbara, CA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Freya Schultz<BR>Staff Analyst<BR>Santa Barbara County Social
Services<BR>234 Camino del Remedio<BR>Santa Barbara, CA 93110<BR>(805)
681-4626<BR><<A
href="mailto:freya@co.santa-barbara.ca.us";>freya@co.santa-barbara.ca.us</A>><BR><BR>>>>
AHAGEMEI@che.umn.edu 07/16/02 09:14AM >>> <BR>Dear list members: <BR>I
received a local request for information that I am hoping you can help with. An
advocacy organization that is working with some Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
lawyers called looking for research to support best practice regarding Indian
children, removal from families, placements, and services. The three best
practice positions they are working on are: <BR>1. Whenever possible, it is
beneficial to keep a child with a parent/mother in situations where there is
domestic violence and she is able to gain resources to keep herself and her
children safe. <BR>2. Removal of children from their family/mother/parent is
detrimental and should be avoided unless all other options have been exhausted.
<BR>3. Services and interventions that are culturally specific and culturally
senstive to Native American/American Indian families will yield better results
than those which are not. <BR>Can you please point me is some directions about
such research? I am going to search the NCCAN database, too. <BR>Thanks,
<BR>Anna <BR><BR><BR><BR>Annelies Hagemeister, PhD, MSW <BR>Link Project
Coordinator, MINCAVA <BR><U><A
href="http://www.mincava.umn.edu/link";>www.mincava.umn.edu/link</A></U>
<BR>School of Social Work <BR>University of Minnesota <BR>St. Paul, MN 55108
<BR>PH: 612-625-2216 <BR>FX: 612-625-4288 <BR>612-625-2216
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size=1><FONT size=2>You may want to look at <A
href="http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/abstract/108/1/e10?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=San+Diego+Foster&searchid=1026852881218_6809&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=pediatrics";>http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/abstract/108/1/e10?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=San+Diego+Foster&searchid=1026852881218_6809&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=pediatrics</A></FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>Althought the article does not say so, I believe ongoing
long-term supportive case managed services were not provided to these
families. The new Linkages program in California, linking TANF and
CWS services to families in both programs at the same time attempts to provide
the kind of support to allow birth families to do better over the longer haul
with children remaining in their homes. This is necessary because CWS in
CA (and probably elsewere) is not structured to provide long term (or early
intervention) supports, only a short "fish or cut bait" reponse for families who
probably have been in trouble for a long time before they hit the level to be
promoted to a court case..</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=-1>PEDIATRICS Vol. 108 No. 1 July 2001, p. e10 </FONT></P>
<H2><FONT size=-1>ELECTRONIC ARTICLE:</FONT><BR>Children Who Return Home From
<FONT color=#a70716><STRONG>Foster</STRONG></FONT> Care: A 6-Year Prospective
Study of Behavioral Health Outcomes in Adolescence </H2>
<P>
<P align=right><FONT size=-1>Received Nov 14, 2000; accepted Feb
22, 2001.</FONT> </P><NOWRAP><STRONG>Heather N.
Taussig</STRONG><SUP>*</SUP>,<WBR> <STRONG>Robert B.
Clyman</STRONG><SUP>*</SUP>, <STRONG>and</STRONG><WBR> <STRONG>John
Landsverk</STRONG></NOWRAP>
<P>From the <SUP>*</SUP> Kempe Children's Center, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, and
the School of Social Work, <FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>San</STRONG></FONT> <FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>Diego</STRONG></FONT> State University, <FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>San</STRONG></FONT> <FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>Diego</STRONG></FONT>, California. <ABS>
<P><I>Objective.</I> Returning children to their biological families after
placement in <FONT color=#a70716><STRONG>foster</STRONG></FONT> care (ie,
reunification) has been prioritized with<SUP> </SUP>legislation. Comprehensive
studies of child behavioral health<SUP> </SUP>functioning after reunification,
however, have not been conducted.<SUP> </SUP>This study examined outcomes for
youth who were reunified after<SUP> </SUP>placement in <FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>foster</STRONG></FONT> care as compared with youth who did
not reunify.<SUP> </SUP>
<P><I>Design.</I> Prospective cohort.
<P><I>Setting.</I> Children who entered <FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>foster</STRONG></FONT> care in <FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>San</STRONG></FONT> <FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>Diego</STRONG></FONT>, California, and who remained in
<FONT color=#a70716><STRONG>foster</STRONG></FONT> care for at least
5 months.<SUP> </SUP>
<P><I>Participants.</I> A cohort of 149 ethnically diverse youth,
7 to 12 years old, who entered <FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>foster</STRONG></FONT> care between May 1990, and
October 1991. Seventy-five<SUP> </SUP>percent of those interviewed at Time
1 were interviewed at Time<SUP> </SUP>2 (6 years later).
<P><I>Outcome Measures.</I> 1) Risk behaviors: delinquent, sexual,
self-destructive, substance use, and total risk behaviors; 2) Life-course
outcomes:<SUP> </SUP>pregnancy, tickets/arrests, suspensions, dropping out of
school,<SUP> </SUP>and grades; 3) Current symptomatology: externalizing,
internalizing,<SUP> </SUP>total behavior problems, and total competence.<SUP>
</SUP>
<P><I>Results.</I> Compared with youth who were not reunified, reunified
youth showed more self-destructive behavior (0.15 vs 0.11), substance<SUP>
</SUP>use (0.16 vs 0.11), and total risk behavior problem standardized<SUP>
</SUP>scores (0.12 vs 0.09). Reunified youth were more likely to have<SUP>
</SUP>received a ticket or have been arrested (49.2% vs 30.2%), to have<SUP>
</SUP>dropped out of school (20.6% vs 9.4%), and to have received lower<SUP>
</SUP>grades (6.5 vs 7.4). Reunified youth reported more current
problems<SUP> </SUP>in internalizing behaviors (56.6 vs 53.0), and total
behavior<SUP> </SUP>problems (59.5 vs 55.7), and lower total competence
(41.1 vs 45.0).<SUP> </SUP>There were no statistically significant
differences between the<SUP> </SUP>groups on delinquency, sexual behaviors,
pregnancy, suspensions,<SUP> </SUP>or externalizing behaviors. Reunification
status was a significant<SUP> </SUP>predictor of negative outcomes in 8 of
the 9 regression equations<SUP> </SUP>after controlling for Time
1 behavior problems, age, and gender.<SUP> </SUP>
<P><I>Conclusions.</I> These findings suggest that youth who reunify with
their biological families after placement in <FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>foster</STRONG></FONT> care have more negative<SUP>
</SUP>outcomes than youth who do not reunify. The implications of these<SUP>
</SUP>findings for policy and practice are discussed.
<SUP></SUP></ABS><I> Key words: <I><FONT
color=#a70716><STRONG>foster</STRONG></FONT> care</I>, <I>risk behaviors</I>,
<I>child abuse</I>, <I>adolescence</I>. </I></P>
<P><I>Freya Schultz<BR>Staff Analyst<BR>Santa Barbara County Social
Services<BR>234 Camino del Remedio<BR>Santa Barbara, CA 93110<BR>(805)
681-4626<BR><<A
href="mailto:freya@co.santa-barbara.ca.us";>freya@co.santa-barbara.ca.us</A>></I></FONT><BR><BR>>>>
maellis@bu.edu 07/16/02 06:46AM >>> <BR>Are there outcome studies for
children in the child welfare system/child <BR>protection system based on their
placement - with foster care, <BR>kinship care, or returning to biological
parents? Particularly, are there <BR>recent outcome studies that examine
outcomes for children who were born of <BR>drug-addicted mothers / or who were
removed due to maternal drug <BR>addiction or drug dependence - again, examining
outcomes by placement type - <BR>foster care- kinship care - biological parents
regaining custody? <BR>I have done the usual searches and have talked with
people from <BR>several states. This is a rather specific request, and I am
hoping someone <BR>or a few someones may have some leads for me. <BR><BR>Thank
you very much for your help. <BR>All the very best, <BR>Mike Ellis <BR>>>
> > <BR>>> > > <BR>>> > > <BR>>> > >
Michael A. Ellis, M.S.W. <BR>>> > > Training Specialist <BR>>>
> > Boston University School of Social Work <BR>>> > > 264 Bay
State Road <BR>>> > > Boston, MA 02215 <BR>>> > >
<BR>>> > > office: 617-353-7226 <BR>>> > > fax:
617-353-5612 <BR>>> > > <BR>>> > > <BR>>>
<BR>>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>Michael A. Ellis, M.S.W. <BR>Training
Specialist <BR>Boston University School of Social Work <BR>264 Bay State Road
<BR>Boston, MA 02215 <BR><BR>office: 617-353-7226 <BR>fax: 617-353-5612
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Subject: Treatment programs for Foster Children
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Does anyone know of any well researched approaches that show effectiveness<BR>
in working with children in foster care. Any literature reviews of treatment <BR>
approaches relevant books, articles or program profiles would be very <BR>
helpful. Programs that treat child abuse and neglect are helpful but often <BR>
leave out the myriad of issues related to both short-erm and long term<BR>
foster care.<BR>
<BR>
Thanks,<BR>
<BR>
Bart Rubin, Ph.D.<BR>
Berkeley, CA. 94707<BR>
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You might want to look at Young Children and Foster Care, by Judy Silver,
Barbara Amster, and Trude Haecker.
Also, Silver, et al.'s article, "Starting Young: Improving the Health and
Developmental Outcomes of Young Children in the Child Welfare System", in
Child Welfare (1999) - might be helpful. It discusses the developmental
status of young children in the child welfare system (approximately 1/2 of
the sample was in foster care).
Good luck!
Staci
At 07:22 PM 7/16/02 EDT, you wrote:
>
>
> Does anyone know of any well researched approaches that show effectiveness
> Any literature reviews of treatment
> approaches relevant books, articles or program profiles would be very
> Programs that treat child abuse and neglect are helpful but often
> leave out the myriad of issues related to both short-erm and long term
> foster care.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bart Rubin, Ph.D.
> 94707
>
>
>
>
Staci M. Peckham, MSW
Center for Children's Policy, Practice, and Research
School of Social Work
University of Pennsylvania
4200 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 573-5442
speckham@ssw.upenn.edu